WNBA Playoffs Set to Ignite: Which Underdog Will Upend the Battle for the Title?
No. 4 Phoenix Mercury vs. No. 5 New York Liberty
This being a first-round matchup feels illegal. Every positional matchup is fun in this series, but keep an eye on the underrated point guard battle between Mercury rookie Monique Akoa Makani and Liberty veteran Natasha Cloud.
You don’t need to squint too hard to see shades of a young Cloud in Akoa Makani’s game, and watching them battle on both ends (Akoa Makani could sneak onto a WNBA All-Defense team as a rookie) should be thrilling.
The rest of the matchups, like Breanna Stewart vs. Alyssa Thomas, should be just as exciting. The Mercury and Liberty finished the season with identical records, but Phoenix earned the No. 4 seed thanks to winning the season series.



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